1977 sixto lezcano

sixto lezcano gets the slight photo cropping and facsimile autograph adjustment variations on his 1977 o-pee-chee card:

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i just now realized that sixto's real name was sixto.  i always thought it was a nickname.  anyway, he hit 21 homers for the brew crew in 1977 while driving in only 49 runs.  those are worse than greg brock numbers! brock is the guy i usually think of when home run totals are relatively close to rbi totals, probably thanks to his 14 home run/34 rbi season in 1984.  talk about a sophomore slump.  anyway, back to sixto - two of lezcano's homers accounted for both runs in a 2-1 win over don gullett and the yankees early in the season in the first multi-homer game of his career.  lezcano would wind up getting traded by the brewers after the 1980 season which was great for me because it kick started a number of team and text variations.

voici à vous, 1977 sixto lezcano!

1985 sixto lezcano

sixto lezcano signed with the pirates as a free agent in january of 1985. here is his 1985 o-pee-chee card:

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1985 would prove to be lezcano's final year in the big leagues. platooning in the outfield with steve kemp, lezcano appeared in 72 games for the pirates and hit just .207, mostly against lefties. with the acquisition of rj reynolds and the promotion of barry bonds in 1986, lezcano was expendable and eventually he was released just before the start of the 1986 season.

voici à vous, 1985 sixto lezcano!

1982 sixto lezcano

almost exactly one year after being traded to the cardinals, sixto lezcano was on the move again in december of 1981, this time going to the padres in the ozzie smith trade. here is his 1982 o-pee-chee card:

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it was the second time in a year that he had been traded for a hall-of-famer (the december 1980 trade included rollie fingers). with the pads in 1982, lezcano played in 138 games as their primary right fielder. he hit 16 home runs and drove in 84 runs while batting .289. in 1983, he started out slowly, and was hitting just .233 when he was traded to the phillies at the end of august. in philly, he made the postseason for the first time, hitting over .300 in the nlcs against the dodgers although he was just 1 for 8 in the phillies' loss to the orioles in the world series.

voici à vous, 1982 sixto lezcano!

1981 sixto lezcano

sixto lezcano was part of the december 1980 trade between the brewers and cardinals that saw him head to saint louis. here is his 1981 o-pee-chee card:

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now the o-pee-chee back:

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lezcano played in 72 games during the strike-shortened season and hit .266 with 5 home runs and 28 rbi. his fifth home run of the season came against dave stewart of the dodgers in the top of the 9th on september 3rd, and was a game winner. after the season, lezcano was traded again, this time to san diego.

voici à vous, 1981 sixto lezcano!